‘Darkness lives here’ House of Ravens – original title: P.O.E. Pieces of Eldritch (P.O.E. 3) – is a 2014 Italian horror anthology feature film based on stories by Edgar Allan Poe. The movie stars Gabriele Arena, Luca Magri, Ettore Nicoletti and Venantino Venantini. Segments: Thou Art the Man – directed by Francesco Campanini Morella – directed by Ricky Caruso...
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House of Ravens – Italy, 2014
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Murders in the Rue Morgue – USA, 1932
Murders in the Rue Morgue is a 1932 American horror feature film directed by Robert Florey (The Beast with Five Fingers) from a screenplay co-written with Ethel M. Kelly, Tom Reed and Dale Van Every, plus [uncredited] John Huston. It was very loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe‘s 1841 short story of the same name. The Universal production stars Sidney Fox, Bela Lugosi, Leon Ames and Bert Roach.
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Nevermore: An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe coming to Sleepy Hollow International Film Festival 2019
Nevermore: An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe is an acclaimed one-man live theatrical show starring Jeffrey Combs. Directed by Stuart Gordon and written by Dennis Paoli, Nevermore is a critically heralded experience that has delighted audiences for more than a decade. Hailed as “a landmark performance” by the L.A. Times, Combs has toured across the country with his unique portrayal of the legendary...
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‘Two Evil Eyes’ is coming to 4K Blu-ray with a swathe of extras
‘When I wake you… you’ll be dead.” Two Evil Eyes – aka Due occhi diabolici – is a 1990 Italian-American supernatural horror feature film, written and directed by Dario Argento and George A. Romero. The pair had previously worked together on the hugely popular and influential Dawn of the Dead in 1978. The film is split into two separate tales...
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Night Tide – USA, 1961 – reviews and 4K Indicator Blu-ray news
Night Tide is a 1961 American horror fantasy feature film, written and directed by Curtis Harrington (Ruby; The Dead Don’t Die; The Killing Kind; The Cat Creature; et al) and starring Dennis Hopper (Land of the Dead; The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2; Queen of Blood). The title was inspired by a line from Edgar Allan Poe’s poem ‘Annabel Lee’.
Harrington managed to persuade top Hollywood composer David Raksin (The Hound of the Baskervilles, Laura, Whirlpool) to provide the film’s score for “virtually nothing” simply because he liked the movie.
Night Tide was filmed on a budget of $50,000 in 1960, premiered in 1961, but was held up from general release until 1963 (see below).
The film was restored by the Academy Film Archive in 2007.
On 27th January 2020, UK-based company Indicator/Powerhouse Films is releasing Night Tide newly restored in 4K from the original camera negative as a limited edition package with Curtis Harrington shorts on a second disc.
Disc One: Night Tide
- New 4K restoration
- Original mono audio
- Audio commentary with writer-director Curtis Harrington and actor Dennis Hopper (1998)
- Audio commentary with writer and film programmer Tony Rayns (2020)
- Harrington on Harrington (2018, 25 mins): wide-ranging archival interview with the filmmaker
- Sinister Image: Curtis Harrington (1987, 57 mins): two episodes from David Del Valle’s series devoted to cult cinematic figures in conversation, featuring a career-spanning interview with the director
- Original theatrical trailer
- Image gallery: publicity and promotional material
- New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
Disc Two: Dream Logic: The Short Films of Curtis Harrington
- High Definition remasters
- Original mono audio
- Eight short films spanning Harrington’s seven decades as a filmmaker, including experimental works, documentaries and his career-bookending Edgar Allan Poe adaptations: The Fall of the House of Usher (1942, 10 mins); Fragment of Seeking (1946, 14 mins); Picnic (1948, 23 mins); On the Edge (1949, 6 mins); The Assignation (1953, 8 mins); The Wormwood Star (1956, 10 mins); The Four Elements (1966, 13 mins); Usher (2002, 37 mins)
- Image gallery: production photography and a rare selection from Harrington’s personal collection
- New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- Limited edition exclusive 80-page book featuring new writing on Night Tide by Paul Duane, Curtis Harrington on Night Tide and the short films, archival articles by Harrington on horror cinema, experimental films and the making of Picnic, an overview of critical responses, Peter Conheim on the restoration of Night Tide, and film credits
- Limited edition exclusive set of five facsimile lobby cards
- Limited edition of 3,000 copies
Plot:
Seaman Johnny Drake (Dennis Hopper), on shore leave, finds a “Mermaid” sideshow attraction at the marina, operated by Captain Murdock (Gavin Muir). The “Mermaid” Mora (Linda Lawson), who lives in a hotel above the marina merry-go-round (the movie was filmed at the Santa Monica pier) and Johnny fall for each other. Everyone around them is wary of the romance, as her previous lovers have died mysteriously…
The production company, Virgo, defaulted on their Pathe Lab loan of $33,793 and Pathe was preparing to foreclose on the picture. Roger Corman asked the lab to hold off on their legal actions to allow Filmgroup to distribute the film, guaranteeing Pathe $15,000 within 12 months of the film’s release. Pathe agreed, and Filmgroup released through American International Pictures.
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- 1080p/AVC encoded sourced from the 2007 restoration of the film by the Academy Film Archive
- Audio Commentary by Dennis Hopper and director Curtis Harrington
- Two Curtis Harrington Interviews from 1987
- Trailers for Night Tide, The Stranger, and White Zombie
Reviews [click links to read more]:
“Night Tide is all about its hypnotic atmosphere. The pier where Mora works is sunny but desolate. Captain Murdock lives in a crumbling, not-yet-gentrified part of Venice Beach that wouldn’t be out of place in Eraserhead. The whole film has a dreamy undercurrent that obfuscates what’s real and what isn’t. It’s haunting, but in a subtle, uncertain way.” Blu-ray.com
“A most persuasive film, unmarred by its low budget.” John Stanley, Revenge of the Creature Features Movie Guide
“Barely a horror film in the traditional sense, Night Tide is soaked in atmosphere from the opening frames. Harrington’s skillful use of the desolate seaside locations (mostly shot around the Venice and Santa Monica Beaches) yields some terrific results, but the stately pacing and deliberately low key acting may put off drive-in monster buffs.” Mondo Digital
“Despite its somewhat crude special effects and superlatively wacky storyline, Night Tide, like Carnival of Souls and the surprisingly neglected work Incubus (1966) starring William Shatner, is a work that still holds up today. Bordering the line between American cinematic art and B-grade schlock, and being of interest to Occultniks, Night Tide is surely a work that deserves to have a larger cult following than it actually has.” Soiled Cinema
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Cast and characters:
- Dennis Hopper … Johnny Drake
- Linda Lawson … Mora
- Gavin Muir … Capt. Samuel Murdock
- Luana Anders … Ellen Sands
- Marjorie Eaton … Madame Romanovitch
- Tom Dillon … Merry-Go-Round Operator – Ellen’s Grandfather
- H.E. West … Lt. Henderson
- Ben Roseman … Bruno
- Marjorie Cameron … Water Witch (as Cameron)
Technical details:
- 86 minutes
- Black and White
- Aspect ratio: 1.66: 1
- Audio: Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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Death Ward 13 – USA, in production
Death Ward 13 is a forthcoming American horror feature film directed by Todd Nunes (All Through the House aka A Nightmare Christmas) from a screenplay co-written with Tara Knight; the film is produced by Stephen Readmond and Christopher Stanley for Bone Crusher Films.
The film is “inspired” by the 1972 horror film Don’t Look in the Basement directed by S. F. Brownrigg. It is also inspired by Edgar Allan Poe‘s dark comedy short story The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether (1845).
Bloody Disgusting has reported that Misfits guitarist Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein is playing the film’s antagonist, The Duke.
1973: The Stephens Sanitarium for the Criminally Insane prepares to shut down permanently. Days before closing, four beautiful nursing students arrive to care for the last handful of “harmless” mental patients in a suspiciously understaffed ward.
Confronted by their violent charges, the nurses soon realize that they are trapped inside the asylum with a deadly crew of vicious lunatics. Each patient has their own perverse identity, their own personal demons, and their own violent agenda. Pushed to the brink of insanity, the young nurses find themselves in a gruesome fight for survival inside Ward 13…
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The Conqueror Worm – poem
The Conqueror Worm is a poem by Edgar Allan Poe about human mortality and the inevitability of death. It was first published in Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine in 1843, but quickly …
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Tales of Poe – USA, 2014 – reviews
Tales of Poe is a 2014 American horror anthology film co-directed by Bart Mastronardi and Alan Rowe Kelly. It combines three of Edgar Allan Poe’s most popular stories: The Tell Tale Heart, …
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HOUSE OF USHER aka THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER (1960) Reviews and overview
House of Usher is a 1960 American horror feature film directed by Roger Corman from a screenplay written by Richard Matheson. It is loosely based on the short story “The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allan Poe. The movie stars Vincent Price, Mark Damon and Myrna Fahey. Aka The Fall of the House of Usher
The film was the first of eight Corman/Poe feature films.
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THE BLOODHOUND (2020) Poe-inspired madness coming from Arrow
The Bloodhound is a 2020 American horror film about a young man’s visit to a wealthy and reclusive friend that leads to fear and despair.
Written and directed by Patrick Picard – making his feature debut – and loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe‘s short story The Fall of the House of Usher, the Love & Death Productions-Pfaff & Pfaff Productions movie stars Liam Aiken, Annalise Basso (Ouija: Origin of Evil), Joe Adler, McNally Sagal, Kimleigh Smith, Gaby Santinelli and Dylan Gentile.
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Fear of felines! Killer cats in horror films – article
In the lacklustre Milton Subotsky production The Uncanny, Peter Cushing plays a man desperate to expose a sinister cat conspiracy against the human race: ‘They prowl by night… lusting for …
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THE PREMATURE BURIAL (1962) Reviews and overview
The Premature Burial is a 1962 American horror feature film, directed by Roger Corman from a screenplay by Charles Beaumont and Ray Russell, based upon the 1844 short story of …
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Phantom of the Rue Morgue – USA, 1954 – overview and reviews
Phantom of the Rue Morgue is a 1954 American 3D horror feature film directed by Roy Del Ruth (The Terror; The Alligator People) from a screenplay by Harold Medford and James R. Webb …
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TALES OF POE (2014) Reviews and overview
Tales of Poe is a 2014 American horror anthology film co-directed by Bart Mastronardi and Alan Rowe Kelly. It combines three of Edgar Allan Poe’s most popular stories: The Tell Tale Heart, …
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THE PALE BLUE EYE (2022) Preview of mystery thriller with Netflix news
The Pale Blue Eye is a 2022 American mystery thriller about a veteran detective investigating a series of murders at the West Point Academy. In doing so, the detective is …
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THE TOMB OF LIGEIA (1964) Reviews and Kino Lorber Blu-ray news
The Tomb of Ligeia, Roger Corman’s eighth Poe adaptation, will be released on Blu-ray by Kino Lorber Studio Classics on September 7, 2021. Special features: Audio commentary by film critic …
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LADY USHER (2020) Reviews and overview of Poe movie
‘Pray you don’t cross her’ Lady Usher is a 2020 American psychological thriller film about a young woman whose visit to a family uncovers some dark secrets. Produced, directed and …
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LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER (2016) Reviews and free to watch on online on YouTube
‘When the light goes out, the terror begins’ Lighthouse Keeper is a 2016 supernatural horror film directed by Benjamin Cooper (Primitive) from a screenplay by Carl Edge. It is based upon Edgar Allan Poe’s …
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THE BLANCHEVILLE MONSTER aka HORROR (1963) Reviews and Blu-ray news
The Blancheville Monster is being released on Blu-ray by Arrow Video as part of the four-film limited edition Gothic Fantastico box set which is due out on October 17, 2022. …
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RAVEN’S HOLLOW (2022) Edgar Allan Poe murder mystery soon on Shudder
Raven’s Hollow is a 2022 British mystery horror thriller film based around Edgar Allan Poe’s time as a West Point cadet. Directed by Christopher Hatton (Battle of the Damned) from …
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